Reported hate crime data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows that Jews remained the most targeted religious group in the United States in 2025, accounting for nearly two-thirds of all religion-based hate crime incidents.
According to FBI statistics, reported hate crime incidents decreased by 7 percent in 2025, falling from 11,404 incidents in 2024 to 10,606 incidents. The FBI said the decline was part of a broader drop in violent crime rates, which saw significant decreases across several categories.
Despite the overall decline, anti-Jewish hate crimes remained disproportionately high. FBI data showed that 1,647 of the 2,572 religion-based hate crimes reported in 2025 targeted Jews, representing 64 percent of all religion-based incidents and approximately 15 percent of all reported hate crimes.
The FBI recorded 1,818 offenses targeting Jews in 2025. The majority involved vandalism or property destruction, with 1,003 such offenses reported. Additional offenses included 541 intimidation incidents, 118 simple assaults, 51 aggravated assaults, and three murders or non-negligent manslaughter offenses.
The data also showed that anti-Jewish hate crimes remained the most common form of religion-based hate crime, despite declining from the record levels reported in 2024.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said the FBI findings demonstrate that antisemitism continues to pose a serious threat.
“Behind every one of these numbers is a person who was targeted simply for being Jewish, whether through vandalism, intimidation, or violence," ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said. “We cannot allow a modest yet positive decline in the topline domestic numbers to obscure the reality that antisemitism remains one of the most persistent and dangerous forms of hate in this country and beyond."
“Violence against Jews persisted even as overall reported incidents fell," said Carla Hill, Vice President of Research and Investigations at the ADL Center on Extremism. “Hate crimes are deeply personal, harmful, and traumatizing, not only for the individual targeted, but for the entire community."
The organization called for improved hate crime reporting and urged Congress to advance legislation aimed at strengthening the collection and reporting of hate crime data by law enforcement agencies.